In February 2013, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) released its study on Used Electronic Products: An Examination of U.S. Exports, the most comprehensive report on the collection and export of UEPs that found over 80% of the UEPs collected in the U.S. were recycled, reused or refurbished domestically while only 17% of UEPs were being sent for export. (US International Trade Commission, ISRI Scrapbook 2013)

EOL (End of Life) electronics worldwide are expected to increase by 33% in just five years, reaching 65.5 million metric tons annually by 2017, according to a recent study from StEP (Solving the E-Waste Problem).